Fashion Lyrics

ALEXANDRA SHULMAN has contributed to Radio Three's Fashion Essays series, set to be aired later this week.

The series asks five writers to explore the meaning of clothes and accessories in a particular work of art, be it a story, novel, film, painting or song lyric. Shulman's essay recalls the words of Leonard Cohen's song Suzanne, and how they dressed a generation of young women. Novelists Tracy Chevalier and Justin Cartwright and critics Laura Cummings and Peter Bradshaw feature in the series alongside the Vogue editor. The essays will be aired each day this week at 11pm, with Shulman's essay set to air on Friday, January 28 on BBC Radio 3. The broadcast will be available on the BBC iPlayer afterwards.